Anthony J. Eppert

Partner

Tony's multi-disciplinary legal practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements (including their related tax, accounting, securities and corporate governance issues) in the United States and abroad. He leads the firm's Compensation Practice Group and is a Co-Chair to the firm's Board Advice, Public Disclosure & Compensation Focus Group. Before entering private practice, Tony served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Richard F. Suhrheinrich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Representative Experience

Corporate Representation: Advises private and publicly-traded clients and their boards of directors on compensation and benefits matters, including:

Drafting and maintaining equity and synthetic equity plans

Drafting CD&As

Addressing issues under applicable federal and state securities laws

Addressing listing requirements under NYSE, NASDAQ and TSX exchanges

Advising on institutional shareholder expectations and requirements

Advising pre-IPO companies on their compensation arrangements

Advising on various tax issues relating to equity compensation and performing 162(m) analyses

Negotiating and preparing documents for the hiring and firing of key employees

Drafting employment agreements under U.S. and/or PRC laws

Structuring international compensation arrangements, including recharge agreements, international assignments and secondment agreements

ESOPs: Designs and implements a business owner's sale of stock to an employee stock ownership plan for the purpose of triggering an exit strategy, deferring capital gains taxes and implementing succession strategies

Executive Representation: Represents numerous executives in complex negotiations of their hiring or termination of employment

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